single

adjective

  1. 1

    being or characteristic of a single thing or person

    individual drops of rain

    please mark the individual pages

  2. 2

    not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective

    judging a contest with a single eye

    a single devotion to duty

  3. 3

    not married or related to the unmarried state

    unmarried men and women

    unmarried life

  4. 4

    having uniform application

    a single legal code for all

  5. 5

    characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing

    an individual serving

    single occupancy

  6. 6

    existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual

    upon the hill stood a single tower

    had but a single thought which was to escape

  7. 7

    used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals

    single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals

noun

  1. 1

    a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base

  2. 2

    the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

    he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it

    they had lunch at one

verb

  1. 1

    hit a single

    the batter singled to left field

Synonyms

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